This is the online portfolio of Rodney Drewery, Web developer, designer, and WordPress publisher.

A little planning

04.30.08 Posted in The Learning Room by Rodney

Great sites are not created overnight. they require thought, preparation, and a competent web developer or designer.
When you begin to prepare for your web site, keep in mind that most people will come to your site for information. Unless, of course, your site is dedicated to visual or audio stimulation. But even [...]


Problem Solved

04.23.08 Posted in WordPress by Rodney

My last post described some difficulty with the site being slow.  Problem solved.  Thanks to some really great support from my hosting provider, Dreamhost, I disabled some WordPress plug-ins and presto!  It was a lesson learned for future installs, and let me know that using a gang of plug-ins will come at a price.  I’m [...]


Slow Page Loads

04.21.08 Posted in Code as Poetry by Rodney

I’m not sure what the problem is, but this site is experiencing some very slow page loads. I’ve contacted the host provider, downloaded a plug-in for caching, and appealed for help in the Word Press forums. My gut feeling is that it’s server-related. The page loads for The Detroitpreneur! are slow [...]


The Learning Curve

04.18.08 Posted in Code as Poetry by Rodney

The last 24 or so hours have been most instructive. I’ve been intensely focused on making up for lost time by diving into a few areas of development that I felt needed to be addressed if I am to claim any affiliation with the gurus and sages of web development. Two days ago [...]